Self-ratings of higher olfactory acuity contrast with reduced olfactory test results of fibromyalgia patients

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 182-186

  Lötsch, Jörn ^a   Kraetsch, Hans Georg ^c   Wendler, Jörg ^d   Hummel, Thomas ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c Praxisgemeinschaft Rheumatologie Nephrologie Erlangen ^*  (Germany)

^d Praxisgemeinschaft Rheumatologie Nephrologie Erlangen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fibromyalgia; Flavor; Hypersensitivity; Smell; Taste

Indexed keywords

BUTANOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MALE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; SNIFFIN STICKS TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84869095079     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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